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How SNAP can help people during hard economic times like these

  • Written by Tracy Roof, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
How SNAP can help people during hard economic times like theseThe government helps tens of millions of Americans buy groceries.Jeff Greenberg/Getty

A record number of Americans are seeing their hours cut or losing their jobs due to the initial economic repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. How will millions of newly jobless families keep putting food on the table?

They might get some help from the Suppleme...

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